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George Posey has twice survived EF-5 tornadoes roaring through his neighborhood.
Anthony Weiner, whose career as a congressman collapsed after he posted sexually suggestive pictures of himself on Twitter, has announced that he's running for mayor of New York City."I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down. But I've also learned some tough lessons," the Democrat said in a video posted on his website late on Tuesday."I'm running for mayor because I've been f...
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Photos from Tucson shooting show patrol car as makeshift whiteboard, high-capacity magazines
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As a marketing case study, Google Glass has been an act of genius. From the moment Glass was announced it was positioned as the must-have accessory for the new class of daredevil entrepreneurs. When a Glass wearer wasn't solving the world's hardest problems, he was jumping out of airplanes or strutting down a fashion runway flanked by supermodels.
Amid immigration reform, advocates call for changes to the US asylum system
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Amid immigration reform, advocates call for changes to the US asylum system
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Boy Scouts to open two-day meeting in Texas to decide whether to allow openly gay Scouts
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The massive tornado that tore through Moore, Okla., on Monday bore down hardon Plaza Towers Elementary School, where children sheltered inside from the roaring gusts, even as the building began to come apart around them.The winds and flying debris from the mile-wide tornado claimed at least two dozen lives, the Oklahoma medical examiner said on Tuesday. Nine of those victims were children. The sev...
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As tornadoes bear down, parents face choice: Get kids from school or wait for storm to pass?
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Microsoft took the wraps off the Xbox One, its next-generation console today in a multimedia event that offered something thrilling for everyone. And it threw down the gauntlet at rival Sony in a major way, promising not only a state-of-the-art gaming experience, but a device designed to be at the center of your living room for the next decade. Whereas Sony's Playstation 4 reveal scarcely mentioned the device's capabilities outside of gaming, Microsoft made it clear Xbox One is about watching TV and movies, listening to music and following your fantasy sports team. There was enough in the short clips of upcoming games to suggest the graphical capabilities will please hardcore gamers. But the "wow" moments were reserved for TV features and if you can make them work with your cable provider, they certainly seem intriguing.
Another Premier League season has come-and-gone. While the league's quality might have regressed versus others in Europe and the title race a bit too predictable by mid-season, there were many storylines that proved compelling enough through the final weeks of the season.
Earlier this week, the Mars rover Curiosity used its robotic arm to drill a hole into a Martian rock and collect a sample from its interior. This marks both the second time that Curiosity has collected such a sample, and the second time any such sample has been collected from Mars, period. The hole was about 2.6 inches deep and about 0.6 inches in diameter.
Microsoft has sold 76 million units of the Xbox 360 since its release in 2005. Or shall I say, a mere 76 million units. That's because over 96% of Americans homes have a television while only 49% of U.S. households own a game console. From where I'm standing, it looks like Microsoft wants to close that gap with its next-generation console, Xbox One.
In 1962, Geoffrey Kent, who was born in East African while his parents were on safari there, founded Abercrombie & Kent along with his mother and father to offer highly personalized guided travel to Africa. In the ensuing half century, the company has become synonymous with luxury and expertly guided excursions to all corners of the earth, active and decadent, group and totally bespoke, on every manner of small ship, plane, and animal conveyance. They offer river and canal cruises, arctic exploration, private island and villa rentals, and now, a unique once in a lifetime tour of some the world's greatest and most offbeat destinations by private jet - guided by Kent himself.
Anthony Weiner is running for NYC mayor, Portland rejects fluoride and other must-knows.
Disgraced Democrat jumps into race for NYC mayor, seeking comeback after 2011 sex scandal.
Teachers and students in Oklahoma were well-prepared for Monday's tornado, experts say.
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The commanding general of the Army's Fort Jackson has been charged with assault, adultery
On the evening after Jodi Arias' fate went to the jury, she seemed to hold out hope against the inevitable.
Bruce Schneier says our government has lots of unneeded and ineffective security measures.
Jim Heston, an American guesthouse operator in Cambodia, has lived a life in denim and has the photos to prove it. There were the dungarees he wore as a little boy, the dark bell-bottoms he had on for a hike up Japan's Mount Fuji, and the Levis straight-leg 501 jeans he's stayed with for the past 36 years.
Julian Zelizer says that Obama, like many before him, chose to work within the system to get things done rather than lead transformative change.
Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton write that people pass up opportunities to spend their money to avoid disagreeable tasks
Howard Kurtz says with scandals over IRS, Benghazi and, especially, the administration's scrutiny of AP phone records, the press has turned on the president.
"LMAO @ L.A.," came the text.
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With her son holding her elbow, Colleen Arvin walked up her driveway to what was left of her house for 40 years....
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time."...
PHOENIX (AP) -- In a surprise jailhouse interview just hours after a jury began deliberating her fate, Jodi Arias spoke out Tuesday about her murder trial, her many fights with her legal team and her belief that she "deserves a second chance at freedom someday."...
PHOENIX (AP) -- In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using markers to scrawl relevant information about the investigation....
SEATTLE (AP) -- As Congress debates legalizing about 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, immigration advocates are pushing plans they say will open the asylum process for thousands of more people who flee persecution in their home countries....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Anthony Weiner's run for a renaissance is officially on....
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